MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of July 31, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 96.31 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [HW title holder] •8/17 vs. #2 Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 55.33 | 13-3-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #1 Daniel Cormier |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 53.89 | 19-5-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 46.87 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.36 | 28-10-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 31.07 | 39-17-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 28.51 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 8 | 8 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.29 | 10-6-0 | KSW | |
| 9 | 9 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.05 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.45 | 18-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.06 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 23.45 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -36 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Tomasz Narkun | HW | 23.11 | 11-3-0 | KSW | |
| 14 | 14 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.33 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 20.08 | 4-1-1 | ACB | |
| 16 | 16 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 19.95 | 10-5-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 18.90 | 13-1-0 | Bell | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 18 | 18 | Blagoy Ivanov | HW | 17.22 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.88 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 20 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.47 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 21 | 21 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 15.70 | 13-5-0 | Prof | •8/08 vs. #33 Kelvin Tiller |
| 22 | 22 | Matt Mitrione | HW | 15.42 | 12-6-0 | Bell | •8/24 vs. #24 Sergei Kharitonov |
| 23 | 23 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | HW | 14.76 | 13-4-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Sergei Kharitonov | HW | 14.21 | 22-6-0 | Bell | •8/24 vs. #22 Matt Mitrione |
| 25 | 25 | Josh Barnett | HW | 13.93 | 35-8-0 | UFC | --last rated win -34 months. |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 80.78 | 19-1-0 | UFC | [LH title holder] Beat #6 Thiago 'Marreta' Santos |
| 30 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 28.24 | 18-6-0 | UFC | Beat #2 Luke Rockhold |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 28.04 | 5-2-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 26.66 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -35 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Phil Davis | LH | 26.26 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 2 | 6 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 24.91 | 14-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #30 Jan Blachowicz |
| 7 | 7 | Corey Anderson | LH | 19.92 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.87 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 19.55 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 19.52 | 15-4-1 | Prof | •8/08 vs. Mikhail Mokhnatkin |
| 11 | 11 | Dalcha Lungiambula | LH | 19.03 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 18.09 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 13 | 13 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 18.00 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 14 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 17.80 | 12-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 Jon Jones |
| 14 | 15 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 17.44 | 19-8-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 17.10 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Johnny Walker | LH | 16.56 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 18 | Jim Crute | LH | 16.36 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 19 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.29 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 20 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 15.19 | 23-11-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 21 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 15.13 | 9-1-1 | Rizi | |
| 21 | 22 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 15.05 | 11-9-0 | Prof | |
| 22 | 23 | Khadis Ibragimov | LH | 14.42 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 23 | 24 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 14.04 | 23-3-2 | KSW | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 24 | 25 | Rashid Yusupov | LH | 13.69 | 6-1-0 | Prof | •8/08 vs. #36 Viktor Nemkov |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 74.48 | 12-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 65.29 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.07 | 7-0-0 | Bell | [interim MW title holder] |
| 4 | 4 | Yoel Romero | MW | 40.49 | 10-3-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #17 Paulo Henrique Costa |
| 5 | 5 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 38.64 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 38.53 | 36-7-2 | Bell | |
| 7 | 7 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 32.08 | 15-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 29.07 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Michael Bisping | MW | 24.53 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -33 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 22.74 | 5-4-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 22.27 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 22.19 | 25-8-0 | Bell | |
| 13 | 13 | Ian Heinisch | MW | 21.70 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #19 Derek Brunson |
| 14 | 14 | Scott Askham | MW | 21.04 | 10-4-0 | KSW | |
| 15 | 15 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.78 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | |
| 16 | 16 | Chris Weidman | MW | 20.21 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 16.97 | 6-0-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #4 Yoel Romero |
| 18 | 18 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 16.79 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 19 | Derek Brunson | MW | 16.78 | 14-7-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #13 Ian Heinisch |
| 20 | 20 | Bruno 'Carioca' Santos | MW | 16.61 | 10-2-1 | Prof | |
| 21 | 21 | Aung La N Sang | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 22 | 22 | Beslan Ushukov | MW | 16.02 | 7-3-0 | ACA | |
| 23 | 23 | John Salter | MW | 16.00 | 10-4-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 24 | Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev | MW | 15.70 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 25 | Andrew Sanchez | MW | 15.57 | 7-4-0 | UFC |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 67.51 | 10-0-0 | UFC | [WW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 51.83 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •8/03 vs. #25 Robbie Lawler |
| 3 | 3 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 47.88 | 16-4-1 | UFC | |
| 14 | 4 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 40.00 | 32-13-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Ben Askren |
| 6 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 39.45 | 12-2-0 | UFC | Beat #8 Rafael dos Anjos |
| 5 | 6 | Douglas Lima | WW | 36.71 | 16-3-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 7 | Ben Askren | WW | 33.00 | 15-1-0 | UFC | Lost to #14 Jorge Masvidal |
| 7 | 8 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.60 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.83 | 30-6-2 | Bell | |
| 10 | 10 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 26.01 | 10-2-0 | UFC | •8/31 vs. #56 Jingliang Li |
| 11 | 11 | Rory MacDonald | WW | 26.00 | 16-5-1 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.72 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.24 | 8-0-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #126 Yushin Okami |
| 15 | 14 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 22.08 | 10-0-0 | UFC | •8/10 vs. Laureano Staropoli |
| 16 | 15 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.95 | 25-9-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 16 | Geoff Neal | WW | 21.59 | 7-1-0 | UFC | Beat #67 Niko Price |
| 19 | 17 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 21.55 | 9-0-0 | Prof | Beat Chris Curtis |
| 17 | 18 | Vicente Luque | WW | 21.42 | 7-1-0 | UFC | •8/10 vs. #30 Mike Perry |
| 21 | 19 | Anthony Pettis | WW | 20.77 | 17-8-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #20 Nate Diaz |
| 18 | 20 | Nate Diaz | WW | 20.76 | 17-11-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #19 Anthony Pettis |
| 8 | 21 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 20.68 | 21-10-0 | UFC | Lost to #6 Leon Edwards |
| 22 | 22 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.59 | 14-3-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 23 | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | WW | 20.54 | 6-0-0 | Brav | |
| 60 | 24 | Chance Rencountre | WW | 19.93 | 8-3-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Ismail Naurdiev |
| 24 | 25 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 19.40 | 29-13-0 | UFC | •8/03 vs. #2 Colby Covington |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.50 | 13-0-0 | UFC | [LW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 68.58 | 20-5-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 64.26 | 18-1-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Patricio Freire | LW | 46.83 | 16-4-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 5 | Conor McGregor | LW | 41.09 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 7 | 6 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.18 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 8 | 7 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 27.19 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 8 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 26.36 | 14-2-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 26.27 | 25-7-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #37 Eduard Folayang |
| 12 | 10 | Carlos Diego Ferreira | LW | 25.77 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 11 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.27 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 14 | 12 | Donald Cerrone | LW | 23.95 | 33-12-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 13 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 23.32 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 14 | Gregor Gillespie | LW | 23.07 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 15 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.91 | 13-7-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 16 | Natan Schulte | LW | 21.82 | 7-1-1 | Prof | Beat Jesse Ronson |
| 18 | 17 | Christian Lee | LW | 21.46 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 33 | 18 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 21.34 | 5-1-0 | UFC | Beat #46 Francisco Trinaldo |
| 20 | 19 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 21.29 | 7-0-0 | Prof | Beat Yincang Bao |
| 83 | 20 | Chris Wade | LW | 21.10 | 10-5-0 | Prof | Beat #10 Akhmed Aliev |
| 21 | 21 | Michael Chandler | LW | 20.64 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 22 | 22 | Mairbek Taisumov | LW | 20.61 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 23 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 20.18 | 7-1-0 | ACB | |
| 24 | 24 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 19.68 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Benson Henderson | LW | 19.39 | 24-8-0 | Bell |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 5LW | 1 | Max Holloway | FW | 49.98 | 19-4-0 | UFC | [new FW title holder] Beat #5 Frankie Edgar |
| 1 | 2 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 40.49 | 12-0-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 3 | Lance Palmer | FW | 32.11 | 14-3-0 | Prof | Beat Luis Rafael Laurentino |
| 3 | 4 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 26.51 | 9-0-0 | KSW | |
| 4 | 5 | Brian Ortega | FW | 26.15 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 25.12 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | A.J. McKee | FW | 24.11 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 9 | 8 | Salman Zhamaldaev | FW | 23.51 | 9-0-0 | ACA | |
| 10 | 9 | Dan Ige | FW | 22.84 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 10 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 22.74 | 5-2-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #19 Koyomi Matsushima |
| 8 | 11 | Andre Harrison | FW | 22.00 | 13-1-1 | Prof | Draw vs. #28 Movlid Khaybulaev |
| 12 | 12 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 21.75 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 21.74 | 10-3-0 | Shoo | Beat Takanori Takahashi |
| 13 | 14 | Jose Aldo | FW | 21.09 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 15 | Josh Emmett | FW | 20.79 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Mirsad Bektic |
| 15 | 16 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 20.66 | 12-3-0 | Bell | |
| 16 | 17 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 19.64 | 6-0-0 | UFC | •8/31 vs. #30 Mike Grundy |
| 17 | 18 | Juan Archuleta | FW | 18.60 | 11-1-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 19 | Koyomi Matsushima | FW | 18.37 | 6-3-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #12 Martin Nguyen |
| 28 | 20 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 18.24 | 4-0-1 | Prof | Draw vs. #8 Andre Harrison |
| 5 | 21 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 18.13 | 17-7-1 | UFC | Lost to #5 LW Max Holloway |
| 19 | 22 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 17.39 | 20-5-2 | Panc | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 22 | 23 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.90 | 7-0-0 | UFC | Beat #218 Gilbert Melendez |
| 23 | 24 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 16.63 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 32 | 25 | Mikuru Asakura | FW | 16.58 | 6-1-0 | Rizi | Beat #93 Yusuke Yachi |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 57.35 | 9-2-0 | UFC | [BW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 49.91 | 26-2-0 | Rizi | •8/18 vs. Kai Asakura |
| 3 | 3 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 44.95 | 20-2-0 | One | |
| 4 | 4 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.70 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 29.66 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 6 | 6 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 26.91 | 17-4-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.41 | 11-4-0 | Rizi | •8/18 vs. Trent Girdham |
| 9 | 8 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 22.75 | 19-6-3 | Rizi | Beat #82 Yuta Sasaki |
| 8 | 9 | Petr Yan | BW | 22.66 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 21.71 | 8-3-0 | Panc | |
| 18 | 11 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 21.37 | 15-4-1 | Rizi | Beat #32 Yuki Motoya |
| 12 | 12 | Shoko Sato | BW | 21.28 | 17-10-2 | Shoo | |
| 11 | 13 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 21.16 | 22-6-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #14 Cory Sandhagen |
| 14 | 14 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 21.04 | 4-1-0 | UFC | •8/17 vs. #13 Raphael Assuncao |
| 13 | 15 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 20.75 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -37 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.39 | 10-3-2 | Shoo | |
| 17 | 17 | Cody Stamann | BW | 19.24 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 18 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.52 | 8-2-0 | Shoo | |
| 20 | 19 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.40 | 4-0-0 | BRAV | |
| 21 | 20 | Said Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.86 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 21 | Patrick Mix | BW | 16.96 | 5-0-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 22 | Mamoru Uoi | BW | 16.88 | 13-5-2 | Rizi | |
| 22 | 23 | Go Kashiwazaki | BW | 16.85 | 11-1-2 | Zst | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 84 | 24 | Urijah Faber | BW | 16.69 | 30-10-0 | UFC | Beat #15 Ricky Simon |
| 25 | 25 | John Lineker | BW | 16.57 | 10-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| July Rank |
Aug Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | July results; •August schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 34.46 | 19-3-1 | One | [FL title holder] •8/02 vs. #36 Tatsumitsu Wada |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 31.60 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 28.78 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Danny Kingad | FL | 25.28 | 3-0-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #26 Reece McLaren |
| 5 | 5 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 20.90 | 15-7-2 | Rizi | •8/18 vs. #44 Jarred Brooks |
| 6 | 6 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.39 | 9-1-0 | Zst | •8/13 vs. Ruel Catalan |
| 7 | 7 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.02 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 8 | 8 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 18.71 | 2-1-0 | One | |
| 17 | 9 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 18.69 | 6-1-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Alexandre Pantoja |
| 9 | 10 | Jussier Formiga | FL | 18.64 | 13-6-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 11 | 12 | Askar Askarov | FL | 17.44 | 5-0-0 | ACB | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 16.47 | 10-3-0 | Panc | |
| 14 | 14 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.37 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 12 | 15 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | FL | 16.31 | 19-8-4 | Rizi | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 15 | 16 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 16.03 | 3-0-0 | Panc | |
| 16 | 17 | Matt Schnell | FL | 15.80 | 3-0-0 | UFC | •8/03 vs. #22 Jordan Espinosa |
| 19 | 18 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 15.27 | 3-0-0 | FNG | |
| 18 | 19 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 15.18 | 9-4-1 | One | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 21 | 20 | Masatatsu Ueda | FL | 14.72 | 10-3-1 | Panc | |
| 22 | 21 | Geje Eustaquio | FL | 14.71 | 6-5-0 | One | •8/02 vs. #54 Yuya Wakamatsu |
| 23 | 22 | Jordan Espinosa | FL | 14.30 | 5-1-0 | UFC | •8/03 vs. #17 Matt Schnell |
| 24 | 23 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 14.29 | 14-7-3 | One | |
| 25 | 24 | Rene Catalan | FL | 13.98 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 27 | 25 | Yuichi Miyagi | FL | 13.86 | 6-6-1 | Para |